Dandy
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Although directly licensed to John Palevich's earliest interpretation of top-view dungeon-based slashing, this game's features are closest to Gauntlet, the coin-op it inspired. 

You play either Sheba or Thor (both are active in a simultaneous 2-player game) as you move through 15 dungeons, with the aim of collecting all the available treasure. If this is done successfully, a code will be granted - put them all together at the end of the game. Foes are released in swarms through a control box. Once all these are dead you must destroy the box, to prevent respawning.

The dungeons feature treasure, food (for energy), and spells. Be careful not to destroy these by shooting them. Each spell has a random function - disorientating, paralysing or killing the opponents on screen. Like Gauntlet you are constantly losing energy, however treasure can be traded in for energy.

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Description from the packaging:

Explore 26 dungeons with friends.

Ward off monsters while searching for aids and money.

Create your own dungeons.

"Where are you going? The spawners are that way! We need to pick up the food and bombs below us first."

With Dandy you'll enjoy hours of challenging discovery. In this twenty-six level dungeon adventure, cooperation rather than competition is the key to success. You and up to three more players (or one more player on an Atari 1200XL computer) must get past denizens of varying danger. You lose strength each time a monster rams you, and you must constantly stock up on food to rebuild your strength. When the monsters gang up on you, you can fight back with smart bombs, which wipe out all monsters in the area. Should your health deteriorate too much, you wind up in limbo, but another player can revive you by shooting an arrow into a heart. To add to the challenge, you must find keys to unlock secured areas of each maze. After exploring a level, you head for the down disk to warp to the next level.

Once you master all the levels, you can try the higher difficulty levels, and then you can create your own dungeons with the accompanying maze editor. Dandy is certain to become a favorite in your game collection.

By John H. Palevich.
